Job 28:20

20 "Whence then cometh wisdom? And where is the place of understanding--

Job 28:20 Meaning and Commentary

Job 28:20

Whence then cometh wisdom? and where [is] the place of
understanding?
] The same questions as in ( Job 28:12 ) ; repeated to set forth the superior excellency of wisdom, and to carry on the discourse, and lead on to other things concerning it. (See Gill on Job 28:12).

Job 28:20 In-Context

18 No mention shall be made of coral or of pearls, for the price of wisdom is above rubies.

19 The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it; neither shall it be valued with pure gold.

20 "Whence then cometh wisdom? And where is the place of understanding--

21 seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the air?

22 Destruction and death say, `We have heard the fame thereof with our ears.'